Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 67 78
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 +21
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 15 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.86% 0.39% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 0.45% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 4
10th Percentile £306 - £406
25th Percentile £391 £513 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £541
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -3.00% +27.35%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £645
90th Percentile £552 - -
South West median daily rate £537 £525 £520
% change year-on-year +2.29% +0.96% -3.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Test Scripting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 703 660 896
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 87.11% 85.49% 86.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 350 560
10th Percentile £250 £225 £300
25th Percentile £400 £383 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £650
90th Percentile £741 £750 £701
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 93 119
10th Percentile £15.24 £38.30 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £80.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Scripting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Bristol

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Bristol over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Bristol

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (13.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) DNS
1 2 (13.33%) LAN
1 2 (13.33%) VoIP
1 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (66.67%) Cypress.io
1 10 (66.67%) Postman
1 10 (66.67%) REST Assured
1 10 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Lead
2 8 (53.33%) QA Leader
3 5 (33.33%) Analyst
3 5 (33.33%) Test Analyst
4 4 (26.67%) Senior
5 3 (20.00%) Test Leader
6 2 (13.33%) Lead Test Analyst
7 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
7 1 (6.67%) QA Manager
7 1 (6.67%) UAT Lead
7 1 (6.67%) UAT Test Lead
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Android
1 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
1 2 (13.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Software Testing
1 11 (73.33%) Test Automation
1 11 (73.33%) Test Strategy
2 6 (40.00%) AI
3 5 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
5 2 (13.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (13.33%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (13.33%) Smoke Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Use Case
6 1 (6.67%) API Testing
6 1 (6.67%) CI/CD
6 1 (6.67%) Coaching
6 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
6 1 (6.67%) Minimum Viable Product
6 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (6.67%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
2 2 (13.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (13.33%) Accessibility